labor
英 [ˈleɪbə]
美 [ˈleɪbər]
n. 劳动，努力；工作; 劳工，工人; 分娩，（分娩时的）阵痛
vi. 努力争取(for); 苦干; 详细分析（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转
复数：labors 现在分词：laboring 过去式：labored 第三人称单数：labors 过去分词：labored
BNC.17075 / COCA.1123
柯林斯词典
- → see:labour
英英释义
noun
- productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- he prepared for great undertakings
- a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
- an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
- concluding state of pregnancy
- she was in labor for six hours
verb
- undergo the efforts of childbirth
- strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- work hard
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
双语例句
- The company says it is in full compliance with US labor laws
这家公司说自己严格遵守美国的各项劳工法。 - It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
此次罢工影响几何，难以作出准确的评估。 - We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。 - The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。 - The Labor government of Western Australia has an election due next spring
西澳大利亚工党政府明年春天要举行选举。 - They also hammered away at Labor's plans to raise taxes.
他们还不断谈到工党的增税计划。 - The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery
劳工部的数据进一步印证了经济复苏状况的不稳定。 - The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday
因庆祝劳工节，这个交易日交易时间缩短了。 - No matter how we define him, he cannot in anyway be related to as a labor people.
讲来讲去就是和劳动人民四个字沾不到边。 - The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。